Yerevan to host Euronest Parliamentary Assembly’s meetings
YEREVAN, February 17. /ARKA/. On February 21-22 Armenia’s capital Yerevan will be hosting the meetings of the Bureau and commissions of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly.
According to the Armenian parliament, the deputies of the parliaments of the Eastern Partnership countries and the European Parliament will take part.
It said delegations from the European Parliament as well as from Azerbaijan, Ukraine and Georgia are scheduled to arrive in Armenia for this purpose.
The sessions of the Euronest committees on Political Affairs, Human Rights and Democracy, Energy Independence, Economic Integration, Legal Convergence and Harmonization with EU policies, Social Affairs, Education, Culture and Civil Society will be held on February 22 in Demirchyan Sport and Concert Complex. Online broadcasting is planned.
The Euronest Parliamentary Assembly consists of a delegation from the European Parliament and delegations from the EU's Eastern European Partners - countries that participate in the Eastern Partnership initiative: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The European Parliament has 60 delegates, and the Eastern European Partners have 10 each.
For the time being, Belarus does not take part in the Assembly's activities for political reasons. However, as the two components of the Assembly have agreed, Belarus's members will be welcomed once the country has fulfilled the political requirements in the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly's Constituent Act. -0-
